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With the looks and personality it’s easy to mistake Jennifer Jo Cobb for a trophy girl. The would be the beautiful woman that stands in victory lane to pose for pictures with the winning driver, and Cobb could easily have the job.
The confusion though quickly clears up when looking down pit road where you’ll find [...]

When you put a No. 3 on the side, it becomes more than just another race car.

With that number on the side, there comes a guarantee that whoever is behind the wheel is bound to get plenty of fan and media attention. Call it a gift from Dale Earnhardt, or maybe even a curse.

Whenever one is in need of sound bite, just visit Kurt or Kyle Busch. The brothers from Las Vegas are never ones to mince words and Friday at Watkins Glen International, Kurt was the only one making it clear that he doesn’t like Hendrick Motorsports.
Coming off a weekend in Pocono where Jimmie Johnson once again [...]

I awoke this morning to find most of NASCAR Nation in an uproar over the plans for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule. No one seemed all that thrilled with the idea of Kentucky getting a race date and Atlanta Motor Speedway losing one of it’s dates. Fans were suggesting all kinds of other ideas of things that NASCAR should have done to keep to dares at Atlanta and give Kentucky it’s date. This post is to explain the real reason…

We have all seen the tires that Goodyear has been supplying the teams with for the past three weeks, and some of us have gone over to Goodyear’s site to see what all the commotion was about, but this week they let loose something new.

You can now send a video thank you message to someone serving or who has served for our country from your favorite NASCAR driver.

Much will be said over the next few weeks about how Jamie McMurray has become NASCAR’s new superstar. From having a mediocre few seasons with Roush-Fenway Racing, where he only won twice, to not having a job this time last season.

Now he’s won two of NASCAR’s [...]

After a late race crash necessitated a green-white-checker finish during Saturday night’s Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 Nationwide Race at Gateway International Raceway, Carl Edwards got around Brad Keselowski for the lead as the white flag flew.

In turn one of the final lap, Keselowski slid up into Edwards’ left rear [...]

The NHRA is investigating the death of driver Mark Niver, who was killed Sunday when his chute failed to deploy at the end of a race at the Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Seattle. The dragster crashed into netting at the end of the track.

NHRA officials are investigating the accident, which occurred an instant [...]

The racing will be back to normal or what can be considered normal for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series when they hit the Chicagoland Speedway this weekend.

After a long night in Daytona last Saturday, that only had a handful of cars around at the finish line, Chicago is expected to be calmer. Last year Mark Martin scored the win late in the going, while Jimmie Johnson was booted[...]

Just one race after Bobby Labonte made his 600th career Sprint Cup Series start, Jeff Gordon will make his at Chicagoland Saturday night. In the previous 599 starts, Gordon has racked up 272 top 5s, which means that he’s finished in the top 5 in more than 45 percent of the races he’s run.

By comparison, Jimmie Johnson [... ]